Webster's Dictionary 1913

2242

Upstand

Up‐stand″ (?), v. i. To stand up; to be erected; to rise. Spenser. Milton.At once upstood the monarch, and upstoodThe wise Ulysses. Cowper.

2243

Upstare

Up‐stare″ (?), v. i. To stare or stand upward; hence, to be uplifted or conspicuous. “Rearing fiercely their upstaring crests.” Spenser.

2244

Upstart

Up‐start″ (?), v. i. To start or spring up suddenly. Spenser. Tennyson.

2245

Upstart (2)

Up″start′ (?), n. 1. One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth, power, or honor; a parvenu. Bacon.2. (Bot.) The meadow saffron. Dr. Prior.

2246

Upstart (3)

Up″start′, a. Suddenly raised to prominence or consequence. “A race of upstart creatures.” Milton.

2247

Upstay

Up‐stay″ (?), v. t. To sustain; to support. “His massy spear upstayed.” Milton.

2248

Upsterte

Up‐stert″e (?), obs.imp. & p. p. of Upstart.

2249

Upstir

Up″stir′ (?), n. Insurrection; commotion; disturbance. Sir J. Cheke.

2250

Upstream

Up‐stream″ (?), adv. Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.

2251

Upstreet

Up‐street″ (?), adv. Toward the higher part of a street; as, to walk upstreet. G. W. Gable.

2252

Upstroke

Up″stroke′ (?), n. An upward stroke, especially the stroke, or line, made by a writing instrument when moving upward, or from the body of the writer, or a line corresponding to ...

2253

Upsun

Up″sun′ (?), n.(Scots Law) The time during which the sun is up, or above the horizon; the time between sunrise and sunset.

2254

Upswarm

Up‐swarm″ (?), v. i. & i. To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. Shak. Cowper.

2255

Upsway

Up‐sway″ (?), v. t. To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club. Sir W. Scott.

2256

Upswell

Up‐swell″ (?), v. i. To swell or rise up.

2257

Upsyturvy

Up″sy‐tur″vy (?), adv. [Cf. Upside down, under Upside, and Topsy-turvy.] Upside down; topsy-turvy. Robert Greene.

2258

Uptails all

Up″tails′ all″ (?). 1. An old game at cards.2. Revelers; roysterers. Decker.3. Revelry; confusion; frolic. Herrick.

2259

Uptake

Up‐take″ (?), v. t. To take into the hand; to take up; to help. Wyclif. Spenser.

2260

Uptake (2)

Up″take′ (?), n.(Steam Boilers)1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.2. Understanding; apprehensio...

2261

Uptear

Up‐tear″ (?), v. t. To tear up. Milton.

2262

Upthrow

Up‐throw″ (?), v. t. To throw up. Drayton.

2263

Upthrow (2)

Up″throw′ (?), n.(Mining) See Throw, n., 9.

2264

Upthunder

Up‐thun″der (?), v. i. To send up a noise like thunder. Coleridge.

2265

Uptie

Up‐tie″ (?), v. t. To tie up. Spenser.

2266

Uptill

Up‐till″ (?), prep. To; against.She, poor bird, as all forlorn,Leaned her breast uptill a thorn. Shak.

2267

Uptown

Up‐town″ (?), adv. To or in the upper part of a town; as, to go uptown.

2268

Uptown (2)

Up″town′ (?), a. Situated in, or belonging to, the upper part of a town or city; as, a uptown street, shop, etc.; uptown society.